Div 230 inserted by
No 15 of 2009
, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 26 March 2009.
No 15 of 2009
(as amended by No 85 of 2013, No 99 of 2012 and
No 136 of 2010
), s 3 and Sch 1 items 102 to 105 contain the following application provisions:

102 Definitions
102
In this Part:

financial arrangement amendmentsmeans the amendments made by Parts 1 and 2 of this Schedule
[
CCH Note: ie of
No 15 of 2009
].

first applicable income yearmeans the first income year for which the financial arrangement amendments apply to you under item 103.

lodgment datemeans the due date for you to lodge an income tax return.

103 Application of financial arrangement amendments (income years)
(1)
Subject to subitem (2), the financial arrangement amendments apply to you for income years commencing on or after 1 July 2010.
(2)
The financial arrangement amendments apply to you for income years commencing on or after 1 July 2009 if you elect to have this subitem apply to you.

Note:

For a consolidated group, it is the head entity that would make the election.

(3)
An election under subitem (2) must be made on or before the first lodgment date that occurs on or after the start of your first income year commencing on or after 1 July 2009.
104 Application of financial arrangement amendments (financial arrangements)
Future financial arrangements
(1)
The financial arrangement amendments apply to financial arrangements that you start to have in the first applicable income year or a later income year.
Existing financial arrangements
(2)
The financial arrangement amendments apply to all financial arrangements that:

(a)
you started to have before the start of the first applicable income year; and

(b)
you have at the start of that income year;

only if you elect to have this subitem apply to you.

(3)
The financial arrangement amendments do not apply under subitem (2) to a financial arrangement that arose from a disposal of property (including a disposal of a capital asset, a revenue asset, a depreciating asset or trading stock).
(4)
The financial arrangement amendments do not apply under subitem (2) to a financial arrangement if:

(a)
the election is made by the head company of a consolidated group or MEC group; and

(b)
the election specifies that the election is not to apply to financial arrangements in relation to life insurance business carried on by a member of the consolidated group or MEC group; and

(c)
the arrangement is one that relates to the life insurance business carried on by a member of the consolidated group or MEC group.
(5)
An election under subitem (2) must:

(a)
be made on or before the first lodgment date that occurs on or after the start of the first applicable income year; and

(b)
be notified to the Commissioner on or before the lodgment date referred to in paragraph (a).

Note:

The Commissioner may, in limited circumstances, extend the time on or before which the election must be notified to the Commissioner. See item 104A.

(6)
If you make an election under subitem (2), treat subsection
230-455(7)
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
as allowing you to make an election under that subsection that applies to:

(a)
in any case
-
all of the financial arrangements that you start to have in the income year in which the election is made or a later income year; or

(b)
if you make the election at the same time as you make the election under subitem (2)
-
all of your financial arrangements to which the financial arrangements amendments apply.
(7)
If you make an election under subitem (2), treat section
230-150
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
as allowing you to make an election under that section that, despite paragraphs
230-160(1)(b)
and
230-165(1)(b)
, applies to a financial arrangement that:

(a)
you started to have before the start of the first applicable income year; and

(b)
you have at the start of that income year.
(7A)
An election that you make under section
230-150
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
extends to a financial arrangement referred to in subitem (2) only if:

(a)
that election is made on or before the first lodgment date that occurs after the start of the first applicable income year; and

(b)
for financial arrangements to which section 230-160 of that Act applies:

(ii)
at, or soon after, the time you make the election, you have in place records in relation to the arrangement that satisfy the requirements of paragraphs
230-160(3)(b) and (4)(b)
; and

(c)
for financial arrangements to which section
230-165
of that Act applies:

(i)
at the time you make the election, you made determinations that satisfy the requirements of subsections
230-165(3) and (4)
(other than paragraphs
230-165(3)(b) and (4)(b)
); and

(ii)
at, or soon after, the time you make the election, you have in place records in relation to the arrangement that satisfy the requirements of paragraphs
230-165(3)(b) and (4)(b)
.

(8)
An election that you make under Subdivision
230-C
,
230-D
or
230-F
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
extends to financial arrangements referred to in subitem (2) only if that election is made on or before the first lodgment date that occurs after the start of the first applicable income year.
(9)
An election that you make under Subdivision
230-E
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
extends to a financial arrangement referred to in subitem (2) only if:

(a)
that election is made on or before the first lodgment date that occurs after the start of the first applicable income year; and

(b)
the requirements of section
230-335
were satisfied in relation to the arrangement at the time the arrangement was created, acquired or applied; and

(c)
at, or soon after, the time you make the election, you have in place records in relation to the arrangement that satisfy the requirements of section
230-355
and section
230-360
(other than subparagraph
230-360(2)(c)(ii)
); and

(d)
the requirements of section
230-365
have been satisfied at all times since the arrangement was created, acquired or applied for the purpose of hedging a risk in relation to a hedged item.
(10)
To avoid doubt, subsection
230-310(4)
does not apply to a financial arrangement that you started to have before the start of the first applicable income year and that you have at the start of that income year.
(11)
To avoid doubt, the election referred to in subitem (8) or (9) applies to the financial arrangements referred to in subitem (2) even though you started to have the arrangements before the election is made.
(12)
If you make an election under subitem (2), balancing adjustments must be made under subitem (13).
(13)
Use the following method statement to make the balancing adjustments under this subitem:
Balancing adjustment method statement

Step 1.

Work out the total of all the amounts that relate to the financial arrangements and that would have been included in your assessable income if Division
230
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
had applied to gains and losses from the arrangements from the time when you started to have them: the result is the
notional assessable amount
.

Step 2.

Work out the total of all the amounts that relate to the financial arrangements and that would have been allowable to you as deductions if that Division had applied to gains and losses from the arrangements from the time when you started to have them: the result is the
notional deductible amount
.

Step 3.

Work out the total of all the amounts that relate to the financial arrangements and have been included in your assessable income from the time when you started to have them: the result is the
actual assessed amount
.

Step 4.

Work out the total of all the amounts that relate to the financial arrangements and that have been allowable as deductions for you from the time when you started to have them: the result is the
actual deducted amount
.

Step 5.

Add the notional assessable amount to the actual deducted amount: the result is the
step 5 amount
.

Step 6.

Add the actual assessed amount to the notional deductible amount: the result is the
step 6 amount
.

Step 7.

Compare the step 5 amount with the step 6 amount. If the step 5 amount exceeds the step 6 amount, the excess is included in your assessable income as a balancing adjustment. If the step 6 amount exceeds the step 5 amount, the excess is allowable as a deduction as a balancing adjustment. If the step 5 amount and the step 6 amount are equal there is no balancing adjustment.

(14)
If:

(a)
an amount is recorded in a deferred tax asset account in accordance with:

(i)
accounting standard AASB 112 (or another accounting standard prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph); or

(ii)
if that standard does not apply to the preparation of your financial reports
-
a comparable accounting standard that applies to the preparation of your financial reports under a foreign law;

immediately before the start of the first applicable income year; and

(b)
the whole or a part of that amount (the
attributable assessable amount
) is attributable to a financial arrangement referred to in subitem (2); and

(c)
the method of relying on financial reports provided for in Subdivision
230-F
applies to take account of a gain or loss you make from the financial arrangement; and

(ca)
the attributable assessable amount represents the whole of the deferred tax effect of a gain or loss from the financial arrangement that has been recognised in profit or loss in accordance with the accounting principles mentioned in paragraph
230-395(2)(a)
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
;

the following provisions have effect:

(d)
the financial arrangement is to be disregarded for the purposes of steps 1 to 4 of the method statement in subitem (13); and

(e)
the attributable assessable amount is to be reduced to the extent to which it represents unused tax credits and then grossed up under subitem (16); and

(f)
the step 6 amount is to be increased by the amount obtained under paragraph (e).

Note:

The deferred tax effect to be taken into account for the purposes of paragraph (ca) might be affected by a later assessment, the amendment of an assessment or a law that applies retrospectively.

(15)
If:

(a)
an amount is recorded in a deferred tax liability account in accordance with:

(i)
accounting standard AASB 112 (or another accounting standard prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph); or

(ii)
if that standard does not apply to the preparation of your financial reports
-
a comparable accounting standard that applies to the preparation of your financial reports under a foreign law;

immediately before the start of the first applicable income year; and

(b)
the whole or a part of that amount (the
attributable deductible amount
) is attributable to a financial arrangement referred to in subitem (2); and

(c)
the method of relying on financial reports provided for in Subdivision
230-F
applies to take account of a gain or loss you make from the financial arrangement; and

(ca)
the attributable deductible amount represents the whole of the deferred tax effect of a gain or loss from the financial arrangement that has been recognised in profit or loss in accordance with the accounting principles mentioned in paragraph
230-395(2)(a)
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
;

the following provisions have effect:

(d)
the financial arrangement is to be disregarded for the purposes of steps 1 to 4 of the method statement in subitem (13);

(e)
the attributable deductible amount is to be reduced to the extent to which it represents unused tax credits and then grossed up under subitem (16);

(f)
the step 5 amount is to be increased by the amount obtained under paragraph (e).

Note:

The deferred tax effect to be taken into account for the purposes of paragraph (ca) might be affected by a later assessment, the amendment of an assessment or a law that applies retrospectively.

(16)
An amount is to be grossed up for the purposes of subitems (14) and (15) by multiplying the amount by:

1

Tax rate taken into account in working out the attributable assessable amount or attributable deductible amount

(17)
A balancing adjustment under subitem (13) is to be spread evenly over the first applicable income year and the next 3 income years.
(18)
In applying steps 1 and 2 in the method statement in subitem (13) to financial arrangements, assume that any election that extends to the arrangements under subitem (6) had applied to those financial arrangements from the time when you started to have them.
(19)
In applying section
121EH
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
, disregard any balancing adjustment under subitem (13).
104A Application of financial arrangement amendments (financial arrangements)
-
late notices
(1)
A reference in paragraph 104(5)(b) to the lodgment date is to be treated, in relation to an election under subitem 104(2), as being a reference to a later date specified in a notice the Commissioner gives to you under this item, if the Commissioner gives you such a notice in relation to the election.
(2)
The Commissioner may give you a notice in relation to the election if:

(a)
the Commissioner is satisfied that the election was not notified to the Commissioner on or before the lodgment date because of:

(i)
an honest mistake of yours; or

(ii)
an inadvertence of yours; or

(b)
the Commissioner is satisfied that:

(i)
the election was not notified to the Commissioner on or before the lodgment date because of circumstances outside of your control; and

(ii)
you took all reasonable steps to notify the Commissioner of the election on or before the lodgment date, or there were no such steps you could have taken.

(3)
The later date specified in the notice must be a date that occurred no later than 3 months after the lodgment date mentioned in paragraph 104(5)(b) (disregarding this item).
104B Asset or liability of entity joining pre-TOFA consolidated group etc.
(1)
This item applies in relation to an asset or liability if:

(a)
an entity (the
joining entity
) becomes a subsidiary member of a consolidated group or MEC group at a time (the
joining time
); and

(b)
the asset or liability becomes that of the head company of the group because subsection
701-1(1)
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
(the single entity rule) applies when the joining entity becomes a subsidiary member of the group; and

(c)
the asset or liability is, or is part of, a financial arrangement at the start of the head company
'
s first applicable income year; and

(d)
the head company
'
s first applicable income year starts after the joining time; and

(e)
the head company has the asset or liability (whether or not because of subsection
701-1(1)
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
(the single entity rule)) throughout the period:

(i)
starting at the joining time; and

(ii)
ending at the start of the head company
'
s first applicable income year; and

(f)
the head company elects to have subitem 104(2) apply to itself; and

(g)
the joining entity is
not
a chosen transitional entity (within the meaning of Division 701 of the
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
).

Note:

Item 104C prevents the application of this item in relation to certain assets and liabilities.

(2)
For the purposes of subitem 104(13) and Division 230 of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
:

(a)
in the case of an asset
-
assume that subsection
701-55(5A)
of that Act applies in relation to the asset at the joining time; and

(b)
in the case of a liability
-
assume that section
715-375
of that Act applies as if the liability is, or is part of, a Division 230 financial arrangement at the joining time.
(3)
Subitems 104(14) and (15) do not apply in relation to the asset or liability.
(4)
In the case of an asset, subitems (5), (6) and (7) apply if, on the assumption that subsection
701-55(5A)
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
applies in relation to the asset at the joining time, paragraph
701-55(5A)(b)
of that Act would apply in relation to the asset.
(5)
Work out if the Division 230 starting value for the asset at the joining time exceeds or falls short of its tax cost setting amount.
(6)
If there is an excess, an amount equal to 25
%
of that excess is included in the head company
'
s assessable income for:

(a)
the head company
'
s first applicable income year; and

(b)
each of the 3 subsequent income years.
(7)
If there is a shortfall, the head company is entitled to a deduction equal to 25
%
of that shortfall for:

(a)
the head company
'
s first applicable income year; and

(b)
each of the 3 subsequent income years.
(8)
In the case of a liability, subitem (9) applies if Subdivision
705-B
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
(group formation) has effect in relation to the joining entity becoming a subsidiary member of the group.
(9)
Treat the amount of the payment mentioned in subsection
715-375(2)
of that Act as being the amount of consideration that the joining entity would need to provide, if it were to cease holding the liability just before the joining time, without an amount being assessable income of, or deductible to, the joining entity.
104C Exception to item 104B
(1)
Subitem (2) applies if:

(a)
assuming that item 51 of Schedule 3 to the
Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 2) Act 2012
commenced at the same time as this item, that item would apply in relation to a ruling or advice; and

(b)
to the extent that the ruling or advice has effect in relation to the application of subsection
701-55(5C)
or
(6)
of the original 2010 law (within the meaning of that Schedule) in respect of the joining entity mentioned in item 50 of that Schedule, that ruling or advice is in relation to an asset of an entity for an income year; and

(c)
the asset is, or is part of, a financial arrangement at the start of the income year; and

(d)
the requirements in subitem 104B(1) are satisfied in relation to the asset; and

(e)
the entity is the head company mentioned in subitem 104B(1); and

(f)
the income year is the head company
'
s first applicable income year mentioned in subitem 104B(1).
(2)
Item 104B does not apply in relation to the asset.
(3)
Subitem (4) applies if:

(a)
subitem (2) applies; and

(b)
a liability is, or is part of, a financial arrangement at the start of the income year mentioned in subitem (1); and

(c)
the financial arrangement is of the same kind as the financial arrangement mentioned in paragraph (1)(c); and

(d)
the requirements in subitem 104B(1) are satisfied in relation to the liability; and

(e)
the head company mentioned in subitem 104B(1) is the same entity as the head company mentioned in paragraph (1)(e) of this item.
(4)
Item 104B does not apply in relation to the liability.
105 Application of financial arrangement amendments (arrangements that are not financial arrangements)
(1)
Subject to this item, items 104 and 104A apply to arrangements that are not financial arrangements in the same way that those items apply to financial arrangements.
(2)
However, the method statement in subitem 104(13) applies to arrangements that are not financial arrangements in accordance with subitem (1) of this item as if:

(a)
the reference in step 1 of that method statement to
"
Division
230
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
"
were a reference to
"
Subdivision
775-F
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
"
; and

(b)
the reference in step 2 of that method statement to
"
Division
"
were a reference to
"
Subdivision
"
.

(c)
the income is *non-assessable non-exempt income under section
23AI
,
23AJ
or
23AK
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
; and

230-15(4)
If the *financial arrangement is a *debt interest, the loss is not prevented from being deductible for an income year under subsection (2) merely because of either or both of the following:

(a)
one or more of the *financial benefits that are taken into account in working out the amount of the loss are *contingent on aspects of the economic performance (whether past, current or future) of:

(i)
you or a part of your activities; or

(ii)
a *connected entity of yours or a part of the activities of a connected entity of yours;

S 230-15(4) amended by No 10 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 1 item 20, by substituting
"
*contingent on aspects of the economic performance
"
for
"
*contingent on the economic performance
"
in para (a), applicable in relation to look-through earnout rights created on or after 24 April 2015. For transitional provision, see note under Subdiv
118-I
heading.

230-15(5)
Subject to subsection (6), subsection (4) does not apply to the loss to the extent to which the annually compounded internal rate of return on the *debt interest exceeds the *benchmark rate of return for the debt interest increased by 150 basis points.

230-15(6)
If:

(a)
regulations made for the purposes of subsection
25-85(6)
provide that a specified number of basis points is to apply for the purposes of applying subsection
25-85(5)
in particular circumstances; and

(b)
those circumstances exist in relation to the *debt interest;

subsection (5) applies as if the reference in that subsection to 150 basis points were a reference to the number of basis points specified in the regulations.

Division does not affect foreign residence rules

230-15(7)
Nothing in this Division affects the operation of the provisions of Division
6
that provide for the significance of foreign residence for the assessability of ordinary and statutory income.

Note 1:

Gains that you make under this Division may be ordinary or statutory income for the purposes of Division
6
.

Note 2:

For the effect of a change of residence during an income year, see sections
230-485
and
230-490
.

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